''Death of a Friend'' ( it, Morte di Un Amico) is a 1959 Italian film directed by Franco Rossi, starring Spyros Focas,

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, Anna Mzzuchelli and

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Cast

as Aldo *

Spiros Focas Spiro(s) may refer to: * Spiro, Oklahoma, a town in the U.S. ** Spiro Mounds, an archaeological site * Spiro (band), a British music group * Spiro (name), including a list of people with the name * Špiro, South Slavic masculine given name * ARA ...

as Bruno *

as Lea *

as Franca * Anna Mazzuchelli as Adriana *

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as De Amicis *

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as Wanda *

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as The Frenchman

Censorship

When ''Morte di Un Amico'' was first released in Italy in 1959, the Italian Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities rated the film not suitable for viewing because it included several immoral scenes which the committee considered to be offensive to public decency. On a second review by the committee, the film was rated not suitable for children under 16 on the proviso that the scene in which Alde and Lea hug each other in bed is removed. The official document number is: 30584. It was signed on 30 November 1959 by Minister Domenico Magrì.

References

Database of the documents produced by th
Committee for the Theatrical Review of The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities
from 1944 to 2000.

External links

* 1959 films Italian drama films Films directed by Franco Rossi 1950s Italian films Films with screenplays by Giuseppe Berto {{1950s-Italy-film-stub